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One of the first aircraft incidents of the year occurred in Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport, marking the first deadly crash in 15 years. Since then, there have been 141 plane crashes that mainly include private rather than public flights.

Plane crashes claim lives, spread unease

by Lily Peng and Jeremy Peng March 10, 2025

Increased news media coverage of five recent plane malfunctions throughout North America has caused worry nationwide regarding plane travel.  A crash, involving an American Airlines Bombardier and...

Project Reboot founder Dino Ambrosi talks to students about the negative effects of excessive screen time in a LIFE assembly. To help students limit screen time, Ambrosi suggested several apps like ClearSpace and ScreenZen.

Project Reboot speaker highlights screen time risks in LIFE session

by Lily Shi, Chelsea Xie, and William Jiang March 9, 2025

Project Reboot founder Dino Ambrosi spoke to students about the dangers of excess screen time in LIFE sessions on Thursday. Ambrosi began his talk with a visualization of an adult lifespan in months,...

Celina Xu (11) and Victor Gong (12) prepare the baking sheet for the brownies. “I enjoy cooking because you get to see something from start to finish, and it’s a very calming process—the act of chopping or mixing things," Celina said.

Club Corner: Cooking Club de-stresses by baking brownies

by Chelsea Xie and Lily Peng March 9, 2025

Cooking Club taught students how to make brownies in the Auxiliary Gym kitchen after school on Thursday.  Club presidents Ian Gerstner (12) and Victor Gong (12) passed out recipes to attendees and...

Linda Zeng (11) talks about Harker's Research Symposium, named “AI Trends: The Future is Here.” The event will host student and keynote speaker, as well as workshops from different clubs.

School Meeting 3/4: Women’s History Month, Research Symposium and ReCreate Reading

by William Jiang and Leah Krupnik March 6, 2025

Co-president of the Indian Student Association Rayan Arya (12) opened the meeting by announcing a Bollywood night on March 15 from 5 to 8 p.m. The event is open to everyone and will feature food and musical...

Culture Week Day 5: Performances and street-food fair

Culture Week Day 5: Performances and street-food fair

by Jonathan Szeto and Charlie Wang March 4, 2025

Students and faculty wrapped up Culture Week on Friday with performances in the Zhang Gymnasium and street food bites during lunch. Take a look at how students shared their cultural traditions with the...

Trump plans to impose 20-25% tariffs on China, Canada and Mexico, the 3 biggest U.S. trading partners. (Source: UN Comtrade)

Trump doubles down on tariffs, sparks economic uncertainty

by Lily Shi, News Editor March 4, 2025

President Donald Trump has vowed to impose sweeping 25% tariffs on Mexico and Canada to take effect on Tuesday, part of a broader wave of tariffs he has implemented or threatened on major U.S. trading...

Ashley Dickerson (9) folds a piece of paper to make origami. The Mythology Club, Origami Club and Japanese National Honor Society held a collaborative event on Monday.

Mythology Club and Origami Club collaborate with Japanese National Honor Society

by Cynthia Xie and Vivek Moorjani March 1, 2025

Mythology Club, Origami Club and the Japanese National Honor Society (JNHS) held a joint meeting on Japanese mythology during long lunch on Monday. Mythology club member Chloee Yang (11) began by explaining...

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Culture Week Day 3: Booths and Mosaic of Culture

by Lily Peng, Chelsea Xie, Heather Wang, and Cynthia Xie March 1, 2025

Students and staff sampled cultural food from 20 different booths set up in the Aux Gym and learned about different cultures during the Mosaic of Cultures assembly on Wednesday. Take a look at how students...

Culture Week Day 1: Sidewalk chalk

Culture Week Day 1: Sidewalk chalk

by Lily Shi, News Editor February 24, 2025

Culture Week kicked off with a sidewalk chalk activity on Monday in the Orchard. Take a look at how students expressed their identities through art, and stay tuned for more Culture Week coverage. Lily...

Senior Rithika Yamasani shows sophomore Ameera Ramzan a secret phrase during a game of charades aimed to demonstrate the importance of clear communication. Students broke into small breakout sessions focused on specific club leadership skills after lunch.

Leadership Summit spotlights diversity and initiative for student organizations

by Eva Cheng, Sports Editor February 24, 2025

Student organization representatives attended the inaugural Leadership Summit where they listened to guest speakers and participated in interactive workshops on Saturday.  Director of Student Organizations...

Student Diversity Coalition representative Dhanya Ramanan (10) speaks about Black History Month. She followed by showing a video about celebrating Black pride and triumphs.

School Meeting 2/20: Black History Month, Humans of Harker and Spirit

by Claire Tian and Heather Wang February 24, 2025

Head of Upper School Paul Barsky opened the school meeting with an anecdote about the book “What You Are Looking For is in the Library” by Michiko Aoyama. Sharing Aoyama’s quote, “It’s how you...

Aquila Weekly-Wrap Up: Feb. 15-21

by Lily Shi, News Editor February 23, 2025

This is Aquila Weekly Wrap-Up, where we bring you the latest updates from around our school community. Thursday Green Team invited co-chair of the ESRAG (Environmental Sustainability Rotary Action...

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